docs-v2/content/flux/v0.x/stdlib/date/month.md

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date.month() function	The `date.month()` function returns the month of a specified time. Results range from `[1-12]`.	/influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/functions/date/month/ /influxdb/v2.0/reference/flux/stdlib/date/month/ /influxdb/cloud/reference/flux/stdlib/date/month/	flux_0_x_ref name parent date.month date	301	0.37.0

The date.month() function returns the month of a specified time. Results range from [1-12].

import "date"

date.month(t: 2019-07-17T12:05:21.012Z)

// Returns 7

Parameters

t

The time to operate on. Use an absolute time, relative duration, or integer. Durations are relative to now().

Examples

Return the month of a time value

import "date"

date.month(t: 2020-02-11T12:21:03.293534940Z)

// Returns 2

Return the month of a relative duration

import "date"

option now = () => 2020-02-11T12:21:03.293534940Z

date.month(t: -3mo)

// Returns 11